Evaluating Your Heart

An accurate diagnosis is the first step in treating any sort of heart abnormality or disease.

With state-of-the-art equipment, Banner Health can identify ailments or symptoms patients might be experiencing. While all Banner Health facilities do not offer the same diagnostic services, many offer similar services or can refer patients to alternate facilities.

Banner Health offers the following methods for diagnosing heart disease:

• Angiography
• Blood tests
• Cardiac catheterization
• Cardiac MRI
• Chest X-ray
• Computerized Tomography Scan
  (CT or CAT)
• Doppler ultrasound 
• Echocardiogram (ECHO)
• Electrocardiogram (EKG OR ECG)
• Electrophysiology Study (EPS)
• History and Physical Exam
• Muga Scan/Viability Scan
• Nuclear Stress Test
• Pharmacological (Drug-Induced) Stress Tests
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
• Stress Tests
• Tilt-Table Test
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
• Treadmill Stress Test

For More Information
	Podcasts: Cardiac tests info
	Video: What happens in a cardiac stress test
	What is your risk for coronary artery disease?